Fun Facts and Stats About Names Dog names, cat names, and humans too: Facts and Stats about the Dog name Dakota from 18K+ adoptable Dogs across the U.S. that need homes Now! data last updated: 04/16/26 - Dig In Most adoptable Dogs with the the name dakota live in the state of California. 33.3% live in California, 20.0% live in Texas and Arizona If you want to stand out take your Dog to New Hampshire (None live there). The majority of Dogs with the name Dakota are in the other group Is Dakota commonly a male or female name? ♀♀♀♀♀ ♂ It can be used for both genders. However, Dakota is most often used as a female Dog name. About 67.5% of all Dakota in the USA are female while only 32.5% are male. FEMALEMALE If you're a Dog and your name is Dakota you are most likelyA Husky 20.0% of all Dogs named Dakota are Husky 10.0% are Harrier 10.0% are Great Dane 10.0% are 10.0% are Yorkshire Terrier Yorkie Dakota is a quite popular Dog name. Dakota is currently the 97th most popular Dog name in the USA. it reached its peak popularity as the 88th most common Dog name in Nov. In recent months, the name has become more trendy again. Cool fact: Arizona is the state with the highest per capita adoptable Dogs named dakota Check out the per capita popularity of Dogs named dakota for each state in the map below. Is the Dog name dakota only for Dogs? Nope The first name dakota is a human name & There is also a Cat named dakota Did you enjoy this page? Share it! Facebook Twitter Tumblr Reddit And check out more names: Addison Otis Petunia Benji